--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Course_Setting_Parameters.tex 2002/07/26 19:53:59 1.2
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Course_Setting_Parameters.tex 2006/07/14 17:44:02 1.7
@@ -1,16 +1,25 @@
\label{Course_Setting_Parameters}
-As course coordinator, select \textbf{parm} on the remote to set course
-parameters. You can display parameters for the entire course (top-level
+As Course Coordinator, select \textbf{PARM} on the Remote Control or Main Menu to set your course
+parameters. From that screen, you can either edit the course
+environment or the course parameters.
+
+The course environment contains several parameters that apply directly
+to the course as a whole.
+
+The other parameters in the course apply with varying granularities to
+the components of the course, such as maps, problems, and students.
+
+You can display parameters for the entire course (top-level
map) or just select the enclosing map. After the parameters display,
-you can choose to set parameters, due dates for example, on three
+you can choose to set parameters (example: due dates) on three
levels:
\begin{enumerate}
\item Entire course - everything in the top-level sequence. Click on the
-bar "__" in any of the problems under the \textbf{general} heading.
-\item Enclosing map. Click on the bar "__" in one of the problems in the
+cursor icon in any of the problems under the \textbf{general} heading.
+\item Enclosing map. Click on the cursor icon in one of the problems in the
enclosing map under \textbf{for Enclosing Map} heading.
-\item One particular resource. Click on the bar "__" in the particular
+\item One particular resource. Click on the cursor icon in the particular
problem you want to set parameters for under the \textbf{for Resource} heading.
\end{enumerate}